An Artist's Sketchbook

A couple more plein air's

I recently went to White Pines, Tennessee to visit my aunt and uncle who had just retired and build a home on Lake Douglas, just outside the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. What a spot! The lake is gorgious and is home to Osprey, Bald Eagles, Herrons and countless other creatures. I could spend a lifetime down there painting.
We went on a road trip through part of the Smokey's. We saw some incredible vistas and valleys. Even got lucky and spotted two Bull Elk in a field. All and all it was a fantastic trip and I hope to return soon and often.

This is the view from there waterfront property looking across the narrow part of the lake. The lake is much better than my dipiction of it. In the distance you can see the smokey mountains.

"Douglas Lake" 10x12 oil on panel




It painted this one a couple of days after we returned from our trip. This looking North-West of our back deck. I decided to paint this in grays to practice my values, plus to paint it quicker as another storm front was moving in overhead and it was threatening rain.

"Approaching Storm" 10x14, oil on panel